Compensation system for an engine of a vehicle

Abstract

A compensation system for a vehicle has a main reservoir, a vapor collector, an expansion tube, a working liquid supplying reservoir and an oil tank. The main reservoir is connected with the vapor collector via a heat absorbing pipe. The expansion tube is connected to the vapor collector. Two turbines are rotatably received in the expansion tube and are connected to a generator. The supplying reservoir is connected to the expansion tube. The oil tank encloses the expansion tube and absorbs the heat of the waste gas dissipated from the engine. Accordingly, the turbines will be actuated to rotate by means of expansion of volume of the working liquid sprayed into the expansion tube to actuate the generator to operate. The waste heat dissipated from the engine of the vehicle can be efficiently reused.

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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to a compensation system, and more particularly to a compensation system for an engine of a vehicle and that can generate electrical power with the heat dissipated from the engine of the vehicle.[0003] 2. Description of Related Art[0004] An engine provides the power of movement to a vehicle by means of the combustion of fuel. To dissipate the heat generated by the engine, a cooling system is arranged in the vehicle to reduce the temperature of the engine so as to keep the engine at an excellent performance condition.[0005] However, the conventional cooling system in the vehicle only dissipates the heat generated by the engine to the environment, the dissipated heat is not reusable by the vehicle. In addition, the dissipated heat with high temperature will cause the rise of the environmental temperature of the Earth.[0006] To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide a compensation system to ...

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Benefits of technology

[0012] The vapor collector (14) is connected to the heat absorbing pipe (12) to collect the vapor of the working liquid. A control valve (142) is connected to the vapor collector (14) to release the vapor of the working liquid from the vapor collector (14) when the pressure of the vapor in the collector (14) achieves a desired level. In practice, the vapor collector (14) is an expandable container, and a biasing member (not numbered) abuts the vapor collector (14). When the vapor of the working liquid is led into the collector (14), the collector (14) will be expanded. This can keep the pressure in the vapor collector (14) from exceeding the desired level and can ensure that the vapor in the heat absorbing pipe (12) can be led into the vapor collector (14) continuously. Moreover, the compressed biasing member can provide a force to the vapor collector (14) to assist the vapor to be released from the collector (14).

[0016] When the engine (20) of the vehicle is in operation, the heat generated by the engine (20) will be transmitted to the working liquid in the heat absorbing section (122) of the heat absorbing pipe (12) so as to vaporize the working liquid. The vapor of the working liquid will be led into and stored in the vapor collector (14). When the pressure of the vapor in the collector (14) reaches the desired level, the control valve (142) is opened and the vapor in the collector (14) is then released from the vapor collector (14). Then, the vapor is sprayed into the expansion tube (16) through the spraying pipe (15) at a high speed. At this time, the valve (182) on the working liquid supplying reservoir (18) is simultaneously opened and the working liquid in the supplying reservoir (18) will be sucked into the spraying pipe (15) to mix with the vapor of the working liquid released from the vapor collector (14). Therefore, the working liquid will be atomized and sprayed into the expansion tube (16) at a high speed. When the working liquid enters the expansion tube (16), the first turbine (17) will rotate due to the impact of the working liquid moving at a high speed. Because the temperature of the expansion tube (16) is heated to a high temperature level, the atomized working liquid will be immediately vaporized. Due to the change of the phase of the working liquid, the volume of the working liquid will be quickly expanded. The second turbine (172) will be force to rotate by means of the expansion of the working liquid. The generator (30) is actuated to generate electricity by means of the rotations of the turbines (17,172), and the electricity generated by the generator (30) can be stored in a storage battery (32). In practice, the electricity can be applied to the electrical devices in the vehicle. Either, when the electricity is stored in the battery (32) to a desired large amount, the engine (20) of the vehicle can be switched off and an electrical actuating device can be switched on to take place of the engine (20). Consequently, the vehicle can be transformed to an electrical vehicle and the fuel source is changed from gasoline to electricity such that the consumption and requirement of the fuel are reduced.

[0017] With such a system, because the energy for generating the electricity comes from the heat dissipated from the engine (20), the energy by burning the fuel can be further efficiently reused. In addition, because the heat dissipated from the engine (20) is used to generate electrical power, the heat dissipated to the environment is reduced and the Earth's global warming can be slowed.

[0020] Furthermore, a connecting pipe (192) is connected between the main reservoir (10) and the working liquid supplying reservoir (18), such that the liquid level and the temperature of the working liquid supplying reservoir (18) can be kept to be same to those in the main reservoir (10). A heat dissipating pipe (102) is mounted on the main reservoir (10) to dissipate the heat in the working liquid in the main reservoir (10). Consequently, the temperature of the working liquid in the main reservoir (10) and the supplying reservoir (18) is reduced. An auxiliary reservoir (11) containing working liquid is connected to the main reservoir (10) to supplement the working liquid to the main reservoir (10).

Problems solved by technology

However, the conventional cooling system in the vehicle only dissipates the heat generated by the engine to the environment, the dissipated heat is not reusable by the vehicle.

In addition, the dissipated heat with high temperature will cause the rise of the environmental temperature of the Earth.

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